Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC

11/18/2025

Looking for a fun way to experience a strengthening and calming workout with this month's TIGER qigong! Join our healing community online via zoom on Tuesdays 7-8pm EST and/or in-person at Manor Mill and Brick Bodies Fitness Services

➡️Next week's schedule is slightly different - instead of my usual Thursday 10:30am class at Brick Bodies Rotunda, I'm teaching 9:30am at Brick Bodies Padonia (Thanksgiving special schedule).

👀Starting December, Friday classes at Brick Bodies Padonia will be 12:15-1:05pm! Lunchtime flow, anyone?

https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes

11/18/2025

2 SPOTS LEFT for this Sunday's special event - a unique blend of therapeutic and sensory experiences within a tranquil salt room, enjoying relaxation and reflection as the holiday season approaches!

✨45-Minute Salt Session: Experience the healing benefits of halotherapy by inhaling micro-sized salt particles, promoting respiratory health and relaxation. The salt's properties help clear irritants, purify airways, and alleviate symptoms of respiratory and skin conditions.

✨Sensory Experiences: We’ll connect with essential oils, exploring the connection between the sense of smell, introspection, autumn, and the metal element in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

✨Breathwork + Meditation: Enjoy guided breathwork exercises to enhance lung capacity and promote relaxation. This session will also include a gratitude meditation, offering the perfect opportunity to pause and consider what you're thankful for as the holidays approach, fostering a sense of peace and appreciation.

✨Self-Guided Acupressure: Practice acupressure techniques focused on the lungs and large intestine to support immunity and seasonal wellness, enhancing your body's natural defenses.

This event is a breath of fresh air! Enjoy this time to unwind and prepare for the holiday season ahead with a heart full of gratitude.

https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/11/23/25/breatheandbalance

11/07/2025

Join us tomorrow (Saturday) at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness in Glen Arm for mind, body, spirit restoration.

Enjoy a blended yoga and qigong flow, explore self-guided acupressure, and practice breath awareness and meditation to cultivate inner peace and resilience. Reflect and journal in a sacred community space, creating a sanctuary of healing and setting the tone for a harmonious holiday season ahead. Mettle & Tonic Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC

Register at https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/11/8/25/harmonyinflow

11/06/2025

Join us for this free wellness retreat (NOW OPEN TO EVERYONE) on 11/15 at Wishing Star Farm!

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11/01/2025

Prepare for the holiday season with a rejuvenating 2-hour event dedicated to restoring your mind, body, and spirit. Embrace the opportunity to slow down and cultivate inner peace through practices that foster resilience and harmony.

✨Engage in a blended yoga and qigong flow to release tension and restore your mind-body-spirit connection with warming and cooling movements.
✨Explore self-guided acupressure to enhance your body's natural healing abilities.
✨Practice breath awareness and light pranayama to center your mind and invigorate your spirit.
✨Reflect and journal to gain insights and clarity as you prepare for the holidays.

Join Sarah Karp (Certified Master of Medical Qigong) + Cassie Paton (Registered Yoga Teacher - 500 Hours) in a sacred community space where we can collectively embrace healing and renewal. As we come together, we create a sanctuary of peace and resilience, setting the tone for a harmonious holiday season.

Explore more details and sign up at https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/11/8/25/harmonyinflow

10/12/2025

Looking for more wellness at the lovely Wishing Star Farm & Wellness? Mark your calendars for 11/8 (Sat) at 10am!

Prepare for the holiday season with a rejuvenating 2-hour event dedicated to restoring your mind, body, and spirit. Embrace the opportunity to slow down and cultivate inner peace through practices that foster resilience and harmony.

✨Engage in a blended yoga and qigong flow to release tension and restore your mind-body-spirit connection with warming and cooling movements.
✨Explore self-guided acupressure to enhance your body's natural healing abilities.
✨Practice breath awareness and light pranayama to center your mind and invigorate your spirit.
✨Reflect and journal to gain insights and clarity as you prepare for the holidays.

Join Sarah Karp (Certified Master of Medical Qigong, Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC) and Cassie Paton (Registered Yoga Teacher - 500 Hours, Mettle & Tonic) in a sacred community space where we can collectively embrace healing and renewal. As we come together, we create a sanctuary of peace and resilience, setting the tone for a harmonious holiday season.

Check out more details: https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/11/8/25/harmonyinflow

10/10/2025

Part 3/3: How Does Wei Qi Get Damaged + How Do I Strengthen It?

Wei Qi, our body's protective energy, can be compromised by various factors such as:
❌Environmental influences (pollution, extreme weather conditions)
❌Unhealthy dietary choices (processed foods, sugar, alcohol)
❌Smoking
❌Sedentary lifestyle
❌Suppressed emotions and emotional stress (anger, grief, anxiety, etc.)
❌Physical, emotional, and mental traumas

These factors can create vulnerabilities in the Wei Qi matrix, making the body susceptible to diseases. Unprocessed strong emotions can block the natural flow of qi, leading to stagnant, toxic energy.

How Can I Strengthen My Wei Qi?
➡️ Exercise - Engage in activities that build up a sweat to expel pathogens:
* Practice yin (relaxing) and yang (active) qigong.
* Experience a nourishing yoga flow.
* Enjoy nature walks with mindful breathing.

➡️ Healthy Diet - Opt for foods rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants:
* Foods like chestnuts, onions, Asian pears, garlic, mint, mushrooms, and broccoli.
Warming spices like ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon enhance circulation and digestion.

➡️ Letting Go Practices - Embrace the season's energy to release and shed old patterns:
* Breathwork: Focus on longer exhales to purge.
* Meditate & Reflect: Ask, “What needs to be shed so my path is clear?”
* Use Fire to Transmute: Light a candle, write down what you’re ready to release, and offer it to the flame.

10/10/2025

Thanks to all who joined Connection Catalyst and Qigong Health and Wellness, LLC for last weekend's Autumn Mindfulness Walk + Qigong! Extra thanks to Derek for capturing Chris and I in all our glory 😆

Part 2/3: What Role Do the Lungs Play on Wei Qi?
The lungs are responsible for the skin and the process of breathing. When the lungs’ energy is balanced, Wei Qi is strong, and the immune system can fight external pathogens. However, when out of balance, the body’s more susceptible to the attack of pathogens (bacteria/viruses).

When a pathogen enters the body, body temperature increases, Wei Qi is yang (warm, energetic) in nature. Circulating around the skin and muscles, this defensive energy evokes fever, chills, and shivering.

✅Strong Immune System"
*The stronger one’s immune system, the higher the fever and the worse symptoms.
*This defense mechanism helps the body come back to homeostasis.
*Sweating during a fever is seen in TCM as the body’s way of expelling the pathogen, with the pores letting the pathogen out. This is why TCM practitioners encourage going through a fever instead of suppressing the symptoms.

❌Weak Immune System
*When the Wei Qi is weak, the pores and energetic fields are more open to an attack from the pathogens.

10/09/2025

Move, flow, and connect with sacred ceremony and an open heart this Saturday at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness in Glen Arm.

➡️Deadline to sign up for our catered dinner is 5pm tonight (Thurs).⬅️
For the qigong + cacao ceremony, sign up for 10am on Saturday.

Sign up at https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/10/11/25/qigongcacao.

10/09/2025

Part 1/3: A big focus during the autumn season is immunity or Wei Qi.

What is Wei Qi?
All living bodies generate an external field of energy known as Wei Qi (protective or defensive energy). This energy field shields the body from external pathogens and interacts with surrounding universal and environmental energy fields.

Wei Qi in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) vs Medical Qigong: What’s the Difference?
In classical TCM texts, the Wei Qi field is believed to be limited to the surface of the body and circulates within the tendons and muscles.

In Medical Qigong, the definition of Wei Qi is expanded to include:
⭐️The three external layers of the body's auric and subtle energy fields (physical, emotional, and spiritual fields)
⭐️Energy originating from each internal organ, radiating through external tissues
⭐️Formation of an energy field that radiates from the entire physical body

➡️For deep healing, book your Medical Qigong session: https://heal.me/qigonghw

10/07/2025

Much like the trees shedding their leaves🍁, we’ll release what no longer serves us during this seasonal immune-boosting qigong flow at Wishing Star Farm & Wellness. Then we’ll settle into a sacred cacao ceremony where we’ll honor autumn’s gifts – celebrating our accomplishments and and gathering nourishment for the stillness of winter. We’ll share ceremonial cacao blended with warming spices of cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and cayenne, each chosen to align with the energies of fall.

Through guided meditation, intention setting, and heartfelt sharing 💖, you’ll experience cacao as both a mirror and a medicine for this turning of the Wheel of the Year. Come sit in circle, savor the sweetness of your harvest, release with grace, and resource yourself for the path ahead.

🍽️Following our sacred ceremony, we’re offering an optional catered autumn harvest vegan dinner, with a protein on the side for those who eat meat. Sign up today! https://www.qigonghw.com/qigong-classes2/10/11/25/qigongcacao

Looking to spend the whole day (this Saturday) at Wishing Star Farm? Join Chris Coladonato for her Silent-ish Retreat at 10am-2pm! Take a break to explore the land, meditate, or whatever calls you before the 4pm qigong + cacao ceremony! https://www.wishingstarfarm.org/events-workshops/the-quiet-reset